Here's another tidbit for ya - Siemens and Heidenhain controls run on top of a Linux kernel.
Phil T. The Feral Engineer Check out my LinuxCNC tutorials, machine builds and other antics at www.youtube.com/c/theferalengineer On Thu, Apr 15, 2021, 11:25 AM Stuart Stevenson <[email protected]> wrote: > Feral, > I love it! > > Just think how LinuxCNC would be accepted if Android was called > LinuxAndroid! > Or we had LinuxWeb as the main term for the internet. > > How many people have heard of QNX? Not many. My first retrofit was > installing OpenCNC on a 5 axis Cinci. QNX was the underlying realtime > system. I showed a Fanuc service guy how to boot it up. His face had a > shocked look on it when the boot up was finished. He said the boot up > screens looked just like the fanuc control when booted up. We don't see the > boot up screens of the fanuc control when we start it. The service guys > sometimes see them. > > QNX is everywhere and has been for a long time. I don't know if Fanuc runs > on top of QNX but it wouldn't surprise me. > > Heh - we don't claim to be marketers but some of us can make parts and some > of us can write amazing code. Either group is a very small subset of > society. I am proud to be associated with members of both groups. I always > like to associate with people much smarter than me. > > Heh > Stuart > > > On Thu, Apr 15, 2021 at 10:11 AM Feral Engineer < > [email protected]> > wrote: > > > Call it LegitCNC to really get the point across. > > > > If anyone ever questions Linux, tell them to get off the internet and put > > down their Android phones. > > > > That's what gets me about masso. It's touted as this great plug and play > > system and doesn't even support g41/g42... It's crap if you ask me. > > > > Phil T. > > The Feral Engineer > > > > Check out my LinuxCNC tutorials, machine builds and other antics at > > www.youtube.com/c/theferalengineer > > > > On Thu, Apr 15, 2021, 10:49 AM andy pugh <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > On Thu, 15 Apr 2021 at 14:23, Stuart Stevenson <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > > > > The shop owner's hesitancy was caused by the name LinuxCNC. The use > of > > > the > > > > term Linux gave him the idea of a less than capable control. > > > > > > We used to have "Enhanced" in that position. Perhaps we should have > kept > > > it. > > > > > > -- > > > atp > > > "A motorcycle is a bicycle with a pandemonium attachment and is > > > designed for the especial use of mechanical geniuses, daredevils and > > > lunatics." > > > — George Fitch, Atlanta Constitution Newspaper, 1912 > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Emc-developers mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-developers > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Emc-developers mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-developers > > > > > -- > Addressee is the intended audience. > If you are not the addressee then my consent is not given for you to read > this email furthermore it is my wish you would close this without saving or > reading, and cease and desist from saving or opening my private > correspondence. > Thank you for honoring my wish. > > _______________________________________________ > Emc-developers mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-developers > _______________________________________________ Emc-developers mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-developers
